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Now I’ve watched The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, which is a film that leaves you floating in its impeccably effective aftermath. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is actually the third Fritz Lang film about his titular super-criminal, essentially a cinematic super villain for thirties Germany.
Oct 23, 2009 · The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (1933) actually does take place a full eleven years after the riotous events of the first film. Mabuse (Klein-Rogge, again) is now incarcerated, Joker-style, in an asylum for the criminally insane.
Oct 22, 2012 · Above all, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is just a blast to watch, full of knotty plotting and wild set pieces and striking, burned-into-your-brain imagery. I usually say, oh, you know, Masters of Cinema’s new, Region-B locked Blu-ray release provides a wonderful way to experience the film, but oh man you have no idea.
- Scott Nye
This classic thriller is an allegory of the nazis early rise to power in Germany and their future intentions. Censored by the Nazis government and not seen in its full form until many years later. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) deals with the themes of free will, genius, madness, and power.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (German: Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse), also called The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse, is a 1933 German crime-thriller film directed by Fritz Lang. The movie is a sequel to Lang's silent film Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) and features many cast and crew members from Lang's previous films.
A nightmare vision of a modern world gone mad, of the effect of terror on society, a final tribute to the Expressionistic German cinema, an early example of the unique effect of film sound, and a powerful detective thriller, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse remains one of Fritz Lang’s most complex films. Restored now to its original visual and ...
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Dr. Hans Erdmann. Locked away in an asylum for a decade and teetering between life and death, the criminal mastermind Doctor Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) has scribbled his last will and testament: a manifesto establishing a future empire of crime.
